The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

bosroS had SIM fro on tho eth
TnonpE, OF Kentucky, has abandoned
his proposed contest q the seat Of speak
a Carlisle.
ARcnBisnor Lyxcu. Of Toronto u out
In letter forbidding extravagance q
Catholic funerals hereafter.
CENTRAL AcNuLrA, tho new receiver Of
the Wabash. took ofncial charge Of the
road on the 9th.
Blps have been invited by the Secretary
o. the Navy Tor the construction Of three
new cruisers and two now gunboats-
LoRp LANsDowxE's tenants refuse the
now terms OF rent settlement, and CIVIC
tons arc ordered 70 proceed.
GENERAL oRDwAy hes made IN cxplanar
ton about the negro militia companies
and the National drill 70 the San Antonio
Rides.
A BILL was passed by the Ponnsylvania
Senate on the 9th providing that the pun
lshment for murder In the drst degree
may be death BY the use OF electricity.
The will Of Mary b. Pelton. the sister Of
the late Samuel J. Tilden, was admitted
TO probate on the 9th. The testatrix b.
queaths all her property to her grand
daughter, Laura A. Pelton, wife OF WIN.
A. Hazard
FIRE in the barracks at Aldcrshot, En
gland, on the 9th, destroyed fully seven
eighths OF the buildings and other proper
~, and 80 seriously damaged what re-
mains Of them unconsumed - TO render
them useless
FoREsrER, who Is supposed 70 be the
finest st. Bernard dog In the world, has
just been imported By DR. Foster. Of New
York. He cost $40 in the Turin mount
aims, and il the son OF 81 Elmo, famous
st. Bernard, well known TO dog fanciers
all over the mountains.
AK extensive hre occurred on the 9th In
the Swiss village Of Buchol in the canton
OF Saint Gall Sixty houses were burned,
and many cattle perishcd in the flames.
NEWS from Cape Breton Is that there
are slight hopes that the steamer Eagle
and her $50 seamon are not lost
AT the Windsor Hotel. New York, on
the 9th. Sir William Owen Lanyon, K G.
NJ, @. g. b., died Of cancer OF the jaw.
Deceased was forty-four years old, was
born in ireland, and had served in wars
Of England with distinction. In the sec.
ond Soudan campa ign he contracted the
disease OF which he died. He had spent
the winter in Nassau and Florida, and
reached New York March 81.
burg. Pa, employing about 800 men, and
the Lochiel and the Paxton furnace have
ceased operations until the railroad and
transportation companies reach some con-
clusion regarding freight rates. The mill
owners say they can not continue bust
ness under the Inter State act As inter-
preted now. Several hund red men are
thrown out Of employment
SPEAKER PEEL of the British House Of
Commons has resigned aud has per-
retired from public life.
A snow STORM. which ended on the 9th,
in the Upper Peninsula OF Michigan, left
deposit on the ground thirty four inches
in depth. The railroads in that section
were blockaded.
throes Of professional etiquette convul-
sions on account OF DR.. Sewers recent
publication concerning the Presidents
health.
JUICE MAYNARD relinouished the ONCE
Of Second Comptroller On the 9th. and for
mally entered upon the discharge Of his
Treasury.
The Swiss Government has resolved to
act vigorously against the Socialists and
whose recent activity il
thought to be calculated 70 disturb the
peace Of the state.
THE Inter- State Commerce Commission
has made an order suspending. under GER
tain conditions, for three months the
fourth section Of the Inter State Com
merce law Qong and short haul section),
20 far as it applies to certain Southern
corporations specified In the order
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